Wheat Flour

Wheat flour is a powder made from the grinding of wheat used for human consumption. Wheat varieties are called "soft" or "weak" if gluten content is low, and are called "hard" or "strong" if they have high gluten content. Hard flour, or bread flour, is high in gluten, with 12% to 14% gluten content, and its dough has elastic toughness that holds its shape well once baked. Soft flour is comparatively low in gluten and thus results in a loaf with a finer, crumbly texture. Soft flour is usually divided into cake flour, which is the lowest in gluten, and …

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IMF: International Monetary Fund · 24 March 2023 English

The surge in energy and food prices, which was amplified by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, has prompted a flurry of policy responses by countries during 2022. The aim of these …

restriction Export restrictions on wheat and wheat flour Price Freeze / incomplete pass- through


World Bank Group · 22 March 2023 English

of p lant based ingredients: soyb ean meal, wheat flour, wheat gluten, corn gluten, rice bran , cassava


World Bank Group · 20 March 2023 English

Between 1993 and 2013, Mozambique became one of the fastest-growing economies in Sub-Saharan Africa boosting incomes and living standards. Political and macroeconomic stability provided the foundation for robust growth led …

a private company to finance improvements in wheat flour mills and pasta and biscuit production and for


World Bank Group · 17 March 2023 English

The World Bank's teams have been resorting to the use of a mix of standard tools and innovative geospatial and remote-based data sources (e.g., nighttime lights, shipping-position data, traffic congestion …

inflation (yoy percent change) Chicken Beef Wheat flour Rice Sugar Cooking oil Diesel –1 4 2 1 3 0 B Nov-21 Jan-22 Mar-22 May-22 Jul-22 Sep-22 B. Wheat flour (SYP/kg) 4,500 Source: WFP Syria Price Database


ISET-PI: Iset Policy Institute · 14 March 2023 English

In the attempt to lower the food prices earlier this year, in February, the Ministry of Economy and Sustainable Development (MoESD) of Georgia was given the task of creating a …

supply chain (e.g., Georgia depends on imports of wheat flour and sunflower oil from Russia and the trade restrictive


IMF: International Monetary Fund · 6 March 2023 English

Against the backdrop of high international food and fertilizer prices, this paper discusses food insecurity in Nigeria, investigates its drivers in a cross-country setting, and assesses the role of policies. …

determining their pricing. The same holds for wheat flour and sugar in the northern states where the available support packages in Borno and Yobe (which comprise wheat flour, vegetable oil and sugar) have helped to stabilize


WFP: World Food Programme · 1 March 2023 English

The monthly market dashboard presents price trends for staple commodities and cash crops most consumed by Palestinians. In this two-month update, special attention will be given to the impact of …

and households. The most redeemed items were wheat flour, vegetable oil, and rice. • WFP continued the previous months. Top items redeemed Wheat Flour WFP Palestine Monthly Market Dashboard/January of pric- es for essential food items, such as wheat flour, vege- table oil, lentils, and chickpeas, which


ISET-PI: Iset Policy Institute · 28 February 2023 English

This policy note details the most pronounced and significant economic trends observed in the Georgian economy in 2022, reflect on the risks the country is facing going forward in the …

imports of staple foods into Georgia, such as wheat flour, maize, buckwheat, edible oils, etc. Russia and


PCNS: Policy Center for the New South · 24 February 2023 English

The progress made is reflected in the increased scores—from 55 to 75 between 2013 and 2017—of the Joint External Evaluation (JEE).20 Public hospital services represent the largest item of public …

total food requirements. Its main imports are wheat flour, rice, milk, meat, and temperate fruits—thus


MP-IDSA: Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses · 22 February 2023 English

Shoaib Irshad, joint secretary of land grab are obvious manifestations of KAWA, said that the ‘brutalities’ of the PM Modi’s ‘colonial project’ in the Indian government could not and ‘occupied …

needs 3300 empowerment, agriculture, and Tons of wheat flour, but the Food housing sector, which will accelerate


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